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College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources UConn Climate Adaptation Academy’s Living Shoreline Workshop I Friday January 9, 2015 8:30 am – 4 pm UConn Avery Point Campus, Academic Building Rm 308 Cost $20 This workshop is the first in a three part series. The first workshop is an overview of living shorelines in Connecticut including the working definition for Connecticut, background on living shorelines: what they are and where they work and how this relates to the coastal processes of the Connecticut coast and Long Island Sound; what are the state regulations/permitting process pertaining to living shorelines and what do municipalities and consultants see as the opportunities and concerns. The second and third workshops will focus on types of living shorelines and under what site conditions they can be designed and installed, particularly for the Connecticut shoreline. AGENDA 8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast (Academic Building Rm 106) 9:00 – 9:05 Welcome/Purpose of workshop/Series (Juliana Barrett ,Connecticut Sea Grant) 9:05 – 9:40 Coastal Processes and Geology as they relate to Living Shorelines (Jennifer O’Donnell UConn; Varoujan Hagopian GEI Consultants) 9:40 –10:00 Connecticut Shoreline Change Analysis 10:00– 10:30 NOAA Overview of Living Shorelines 10:30 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – 11:30 What are Living Shorelines/Where do they work? (Laura Schwanof GEI Consultants): The LS experience on Long Island (Jay Tanski New York Sea Grant) Living Shorelines: global perspective (Kimberly Bradley GEI Consultants) 11:30 – 11:50 12:00 – 1:00 1:15 – 2:15 2:15 – 3:00 3:00 – 4:00 Sea wall compensation (Ian Yue CT DEEP Office of Long Island Sound Programs/NOAA Coastal Fellow) Lunch (Branford House) Municipal/Contractor Panel Discussion – What are the questions/issues /opportunities with implementing Living Shorelines from a municipal and a contractor perspective? (Denise Savageau Town of Greenwich, John Roberge Roberge Associates, Azure Dee Sleicher Ocean & Coastal Consultants) Permitting Living Shorelines -‐ CT DEEP Office of Long Island Sound Programs -‐ Why DEEP Limits Hard Structures: CCMA Implications for Shoreline Hardening (David Blatt DEEP) -‐ State Permitting Overview for Living Shorelines (Susan Jacobson DEEP) Discussion and Questions

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